Justice Ebrima Jaiteh is Easter vacation judge

Honourable
Justice Ebrima Jaiteh of the High Court in Banjul has been appointed as the
Easter Holiday vacation judge, judicial sources say.

The
superior courts (the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Courts) in The Gambia
commenced it Easter holiday vacation on the March 29, 2018, ending on the April
12, 2018.

Meanwhile
justice Ebrima Jaiteh would be presiding over matters including miscellaneous
applications like bail applications during the two weeks Easter holiday.

Justice
Ebrima Jaiteh was appointed and sworn in as judge of the High Court on the 1st
of November, 2017, and has deposed more than 30 criminal and civil cases.

Justice
Jaitheh was a State Counsel at the Attorney General Chambers attached to the
office of the DPP prosecuting criminal matters from 2011 to 2012.

Justice
Jaiteh worked as a legal consultant and a research officer for the World Bank
on Regional Integration of East Africa Community based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Among
other responsibilities, Justice Jaiteh designed a detailed operational plan for
East African Community, harmonisation of commercial law pillar of the
investment climate programme.

Upon
completion of his consultancy assignment for the World Bank, he returned to The
Gambia in 2015 and was appointed first class magistrate for the Judiciary of
The Gambia and was attached to Brikama Magistrates’ Court where he delivered
over 250 judgments and rulings in Criminal and Civil cases.

Until
his unceremoniously dismissal by the erstwhile dictatorial regime of Yahya
Jammeh sometime in November 2015, Justice Jaiteh opened his law firm called
Sutukoba Law Chambers where 95 percent of his cases were on pro bono (free of
charge) basis to the public.